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Antiques & Collectibles
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These Antiques & Collectibles have been collected by me over the past 40 years in South East Asia. What you will see is just a fraction of the goods available. For those of you who live or will visit the Seattle area, The Barn at Owl's Peak is open for your leisurely viewing by appointment.
Travel began as a passion in the early 1980's. I felt then and still do, deeply connected to the Spirit of the people and their arts.I soon discovered a deeper joy that evolved from working with these peoples, one I would not have known as a simple visitor. I came to better understand how all people are one, to view the world without judgement. I see the world as a multi-faceted crystal ball, all facets looking into the same core, each with it's own perspective, each equally valid. The goods you will see,reflect cultural aspects of these people...one that may draw you into their mystic web.
You will find many more antiques in the Furniture & Unique Pieces for Locals, the Buddhas & Deities, Vintage Puppets & Puppet Heads, Sacred Thankgas & Kalagas,Mostly Bronze, and Ethnographic Fabrications Sections
There is no Path to Happiness: Happiness is the Path...Buddha
Achara
Kob Chai
Pyinsarupa
Arun & Aroon
Adranuch
Kwang
Thakthay
Raksasa: Barongan Topeng
Dara
Bejeweled
Kinaree
Komodo: Barongan Topeng
The Following Nine Antique Statues from Burma are very Rare.
The Pegu Mother Royal: The Patron Nat-Lady of the Mons of Pegu area
Today her story is enacted in ritual feasts, the story of a she buffalo who took care of a baby prince left in the woods. She lost her life trying to find her adopted son who was taken back by his royal kinsmen. The real mother of the prince decided to wear the headdress,shaped like a buffalo's head ,in the memory of the one who saved her son's life.
She often carries flowers in an offering bowl in her outreached hands.
Hla
Chit
Hlaing
Pemala
Chewa
Nilar
Myla
Chodren
Aung
Chomden
Gewa
Burmese & Thai Lacquerware
Lacquerware is made of wood, bamboo & lacquer, thit-si,the sap of the Black Lacquer Tree.The bamboo is split into tiny strips which are then coiled or woven into the piece's form. A mixture of lacquer and sawdust provides the base coat. Then coats of the best quality lacquer are applied. Yun is a Burmese technique of freehand engraving the piece with a stylist, a kauk. These incisions are then filled with red or black color three or four times. After drying, the piece is polished with paddy husks. This process is repeated. Another coat of resin from the tama tree is applied to seal the color inside the engraved lines.Then new engravings are made with another repeat of the color, drying & polishing steps.The second color now appears in the second engraving. This process is repeated for other colors, usually four.Then the piece is sealed with a final mixture of thit-si & shan-zi. When dry it is polished with teak charcoal for a fine lustre. The inside is finished with typically a red lacquer. It takes four to eight months to complete a fine piece: about 26 processes.
At the bottom of Patience is Heaven
Chang
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Hsun-Ok
Phangphxn
Chatchom
Thebeik
Thaphphi
Thein
Chad
Chintana
Meik-Tha
Hmak
Kammavaca
Maak-Hua
Chxn
Nk Khu
Erawan
Kb
Piknik
Ling
Ok-Kwet
Sadaik
Hcaytanar
Bertha
Sal Cea
Ageless Kuan Yin
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An Impressive Collection of Coconut Scrapers:
James Bastabel
Home in Bangkok
Antique Coconut Scrapers: Kratai Khood Maprow
Coconut scrapers & graters are ingenious devices carved in the shape of various animals. The worker sat while removing the husks with the end of the serrated metal tongue, typically using that coconut pulp for making curries. The need for coconut milk, an essential component of countless dishes may have led to the development of these unique tools. The user straddled the seat and, leaning forward slightly, deftly rotated a half coconut around the grating tongue to extract the interior flesh , from which the milk was subsequently pressed. Over the years the khood maprow became much more elaborate with the body carved into a variety of shapes. The most typical , called a kratai khood maprow, graing rabbit, was that of a rabbit, perhaps because of the prominent teeth, but other animals were used as well often representing the twelve animals of the Chinese calendar. They are rarely made today making these antique coconut scrapers desirable for collectors.
The Highest Art is Living an Ordinary Life in an Extraordinary Manner... a Tibetan Saying
Dog Coconut Grater
Small Dog Coconut Scraper
Small Rabbit Coconut Grater
Dugong Cocnut Scraper
Thai Mongoose Coconut Grater
Bamboo Rat Coconut Grater
Thai Shrew Coconut Grater
Mah Noy Coconut Scraper
New Kratay Coconut Scraper
Tree Shrew Coconut Scraper
Kratay Coconut Scraper
Prairie Dog Coconut Scraper
Primitive Coconut Scraper
Tupaia Coconut Scraper



Burmese Ox Cart Prow Decorations
Travel for work & pleasure was by ox cart in Burma & other South East Asian countries for centuries. Festival carts were always decorated elaborately. Ox cart races have also been a beloved sport.
Burma has a long tradition if decorating their bullock carts in wonderful sculpture that reflects their culture and mythology.
Most carts would have an folk art carving attached to the prow of the cart.The purpose of these teak carvings was protection of the cart's passengers as well as being a pointer, responsible for guiding the cart.
Some were very simple in design, others extremely intricate. Typically they were hand painted in bright colors, matching the colorful painting of the carts themselves.
When I first started importing from Asia, i would see ox carts on the streets along with bicycles, motorcycles & cars, but now 37 years later, they are now in the past.
I collected these ox cart prow ornaments over these many years. They are now rare and the delight of many collectors.
Bullock Cart..a poem by Kate Parker
Sweltering early morning haze
Patience saturates the breeze
Old Music of dusty pathways
Echoes timeless through centuries
Huge wooden wheels creak their ages bones
Tink-chink chime tiny bells
Horns painted red, blue & gold
Sweep in slow, methodical swell
Patchouli smoke whirls through sunshine
Peacocks strut in old Ceylon
Saddhus tend the roadside shrine
As barefoot villagers look on

Chinthe Ox Cart Prow Decoration
Bunny Ox Cart Prow Decoration
Bird Eating Ox Cart Prow Decoration
